Part One of the Introduction (1.1 and 1.2, refer to the Table of Contents) is finished. Lisa will cover the rest of the introduction, but here is what is already written. A link to the Dropbox file is also provided.
The creators of the critically acclaimed Turing manual Tutoring Turing: Sequence have published books that cover topics relevant to the programming language, Turing. With this new installment, Tutoring Turing: Selection, we proudly add the second book to the Tutoring Turing series.
The number of jobs in the programming field has gone up considerably since the year we published our first book due to the technological advances humanity has made in the past year. Of course, each programming job has prerequisites, one obviously being the ability to successfully develop programs. Because it is simple and easy-to-understand, Turing has often been used to introduce and teach programming to high-school and university computer science students. In addition, it is very similar to Java, a more advanced programming language. The application in which users can write programs in the Turing language is also called Turing. It is, in essence, an Integrated Development Environment (IDE), a program usually consisting of a source code editor, a compiler and a debugger.
The source code editor allows the user to write a code using the Turing language in an editor window. When the user executes the program, the compiler will check over the source code to see if there are any errors. If there are, then a pop-up window will come up notifying the user of the number of errors and the errors themselves will be highlighted. A description of the error will be shown at the bottom of the editor window when the user selects it. The debugger will allow the user to see each step being executed when the program runs. As each command is being executed on the run window, the corresponding code will be highlighted on the editor window.
This amazing invention was developed by Ric Holt and James Cordy (University of Toronto, Canada) in 1982. It was named after Alan Turing (1912-1954), a mathematician and renowned British computer scientist. At the young age of twenty-two, Turing had created abstract computing machines that we now know as Turing machines. All modern-day digital computers are based on this model.
This is great Pearl, I was a bit confused at first but eventually it made sense! I thought the langauge is a bit too profesional, but, agian this is just my opionio, otherwise you did an awesome job!
-Zarin Brainstorm here:
What is Turing?
Who was Turing?
History of Turing (program)
Main purpose of Turing? (To teach individuals programming)
History of Tutoring Turing (fictional)
700-1000 words
Owner: Pearl DEADLINE: SEE SCHEDULE
PLEASE TAKE A LOOK AT THE DETAILED TABLE OF CONTENTS :)
PART TWO: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/12311936/Introduction.doc
Feel free to provide feedback! :)
Part One of the Introduction (1.1 and 1.2, refer to the Table of Contents) is finished. Lisa will cover the rest of the introduction, but here is what is already written. A link to the Dropbox file is also provided.
Feel free to make any edits or suggestions!
- Pearl
Jan. 8, 2011
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/12302193/ICS%20Culminating/Introduction.doc
The creators of the critically acclaimed Turing manual Tutoring Turing: Sequence have published books that cover topics relevant to the programming language, Turing. With this new installment, Tutoring Turing: Selection, we proudly add the second book to the Tutoring Turing series.
The number of jobs in the programming field has gone up considerably since the year we published our first book due to the technological advances humanity has made in the past year. Of course, each programming job has prerequisites, one obviously being the ability to successfully develop programs. Because it is simple and easy-to-understand, Turing has often been used to introduce and teach programming to high-school and university computer science students. In addition, it is very similar to Java, a more advanced programming language.
The application in which users can write programs in the Turing language is also called Turing. It is, in essence, an Integrated Development Environment (IDE), a program usually consisting of a source code editor, a compiler and a debugger.
The source code editor allows the user to write a code using the Turing language in an editor window. When the user executes the program, the compiler will check over the source code to see if there are any errors. If there are, then a pop-up window will come up notifying the user of the number of errors and the errors themselves will be highlighted. A description of the error will be shown at the bottom of the editor window when the user selects it. The debugger will allow the user to see each step being executed when the program runs. As each command is being executed on the run window, the corresponding code will be highlighted on the editor window.
This amazing invention was developed by Ric Holt and James Cordy (University of Toronto, Canada) in 1982. It was named after Alan Turing (1912-1954), a mathematician and renowned British computer scientist. At the young age of twenty-two, Turing had created abstract computing machines that we now know as Turing machines. All modern-day digital computers are based on this model.
This is great Pearl, I was a bit confused at first but eventually it made sense! I thought the langauge is a bit too profesional, but, agian this is just my opionio, otherwise you did an awesome job!
-Zarin
Brainstorm here:
- What is Turing?
- Who was Turing?
- History of Turing (program)
- Main purpose of Turing? (To teach individuals programming)
- History of Tutoring Turing (fictional)
- 700-1000 words
Owner: PearlDEADLINE: SEE SCHEDULE
PLEASE TAKE A LOOK AT THE DETAILED TABLE OF CONTENTS :)